Having the Muscle to Move

The variation in the arrangement of muscles across animals is thought to have evolved to allow muscle to power the broad range of movements observed in nature, and to perform optimally while doing so. In a recently published paper, Professor Emanuel Azizi and Dr....

Assessing the Value of Prerequisite Courses

Teaching Professors Brian Sato, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Justin F. Shaffer, Developmental and Cell Biology, and Pavan Kadandale, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, together with a team of undergraduate researchers are taking a unique approach to address a...

Staff Spotlight – Robert Avalos

The Biological Sciences School welcomes Robert Avalos, our new Executive Director of Development.  Robert will be responsible for the creation and implementation of plans to acquire private support for the School. He will engage with alumni and members of the local...

Student Spotlight – David Saldana

David Saldana is a 4th year neurobiology major at the Biological Sciences School. He is a first generation Hispanic student who will be the first in his family to earn a bachelor’s degree and his career goal is to obtain a faculty position in neuroscience at a major...

School of Biological Sciences Faculty to Watch – Christie Fowler

Professor Christie D. Fowler, Neurobiology and Behavior, was recently featured in the January issue of The Scientist under their “Scientist to Watch” section. Professor Fowler’s research explores how drugs of abuse can modulate the circuitry of the brain involved in...

Faculty Receives Honorary Life Member Award

Professor Andrea J. Tenner, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, was awarded the 2015 Honorary Life Member Award from the Society of Leukocyte Biology. The award is the society’s way of recognizing the contributions of its members to the field of leukocyte biology. Up...

New James L. McGaugh Chair Endowed Named

The James L. McGaugh  Endowed Chair was established in 2009 to honor the contributions of Dr. James L. McGaugh, the founding director of the Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory (CNLM), and as a way to recognize faculty whose research has had a great...

Focus on Addiction

On January 19th, the UC Irvine Center for Addiction Neuroscience (ICAN) held their first Addiction Symposium at the University Club. ICAN’s director, Professor Marcelo A. Wood, kicked off the symposium with an encouraging welcome to the gathering of faculty and...

Technology Development Innovation Award

The goal of UC Irvine Applied Innovation is to bring faculty and business together to develop campus-based discoveries into entities of economic growth for the community.  To help with this ambitious goal, the center has introduced a series of awards to assist faculty...